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Frank Figliuzzi / NBC News:
Trump's ‘Obamagate’ comments and Barr's Flynn meddling suggest troubling new pivot — Trump can't pull off this ruse by himself, of course, but he has a partner. Barr is riding shotgun during this scorched-earth joyride against justice. — In my 25 years as an FBI special agent and …
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Axios:
The facts on Michael Flynn, the FBI, and Bill Barr's bombshell — Michael Flynn is out of legal limbo and back in the Trump administration's good graces, a dramatic change from the 2017 days of getting fired for lying to Mike Pence and twice pleading guilty to charges from the Mueller investigation.
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Washington Post:
Acting intelligence chief Grenell gave DOJ list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory
Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory
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Washington Examiner, The Lid and Washington Post
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Taking #Obamagate Seriously
Taking #Obamagate Seriously
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Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera, CNSNews, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, Deadline, Little Green Footballs and Vox
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The big thing we still don't know about the Michael Flynn Case
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge invites outside parties to weigh in on Flynn case
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump lawyer: 'We're asking for temporary presidential immunity' — (CNN)They'd said it before, but President Donald Trump's attorney put it more bluntly than ever: — “We're asking for temporary presidential immunity,” Jay Sekulow told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers just made appalling arguments to the Supreme Court — When Donald Trump ran for president and claimed he'd release his tax returns as soon as the IRS was done auditing them, it was an obvious lie. Since then, he has taken extraordinary steps to conceal what every president …
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Raw Story
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court seeks a middle ground on release of Trump's taxes — Over more than three hours of oral arguments Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely to grant President Trump the sweeping grant of total immunity he has asked for while fighting subpoenas for his taxes and other financial records.
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NBC News and New York Times
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster
The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster
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The Bulwark, Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money, SCOTUSblog and The Guardian
Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County ‘with all certainty’ to keep stay-at-home orders in place for next three months — Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Negative ratings for government handling of coronavirus persist — Three members of coronavirus task force in quarantine — (CNN)Most Americans (54%) continue to say the US government is doing a poor job preventing the spread of Covid-19, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump is getting trounced among a crucial constituency: The haters — President Donald Trump is losing a critical constituency: voters who see two choices on the ballot — and hate them both. — Unlike in 2016, when a large group of voters who disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton broke sharply …
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Kristen Soltis Anderson / Washington Examiner:
Trump reelection in big trouble amid struggles with seniors
Trump reelection in big trouble amid struggles with seniors
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Howard Stern to Trump supporters: He hates you and so do I — Howard Stern says he and President Trump are both showmen who love a good time — and they both hate Trump supporters. — “One thing Donald loves is celebrities, he loves the famous,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show Tuesday. “He loves it.
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Washington Times
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever — Some Twitter employees will never return to their office. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they'd be allowed to work from home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown passes.
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Associated Press:
Fauci warns of serious consequences if US reopens too soon — WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, warned on Tuesday that “the consequences could be really serious” if cities and states reopen the U.S. economy too quickly with the coronavirus still spreading.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Former Lindsey Graham donor backs his Democratic challenger after questioning Graham's principles — (CNN)A prominent donor to Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week he broke with the South Carolina Republican to support his Democratic challenger after he started to question Graham's principles.
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CNN:
UK railway ticket office worker dies from Covid-19 after being spat on — (CNN)A British railway ticket office worker has died from Covid-19 after being spat on while she was working at Victoria station in central London. — Belly Mujinga, 47, was working with a colleague when a member …
David Crary / Associated Press:
As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job — NEW YORK (AP) — Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, an Associated Press analysis shows thousands of people are getting sick from COVID-19 on the job.
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House Democrats unveil coronavirus rescue bill that would direct more than $3 trillion to states, individuals, health systems — Republicans rejected the legislation even before seeing it, describing it as a liberal wish list — House Democrats unveiled a coronavirus rescue bill Tuesday …
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Politico:
Fauci fatigue sets in among some Republicans
Fauci fatigue sets in among some Republicans
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New York Times, Fox News and Reason
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now — President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida.
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The Hill
Robby Soave / Reason:
No, 68 Percent of Americans Did Not Say They Would Avoid ‘Normal Life’ Until There's a Coronavirus Vaccine — Two-thirds of Americans said they would not return to “normal life” until a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, according to CNN. — The ramifications of this finding …
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Redstate and Arc Digital
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Trump's vicious claim that Joe Scarborough might have murdered an aide — “When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder? Some people think so. Why did he leave Congress so quietly and quickly? Isn't it obvious? What's happening now?
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing MSNBC's Joe Scarborough of murder
Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing MSNBC's Joe Scarborough of murder
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Washington Post, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Lost the Plot — A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre Trump action. The official responded with one of the master quotes of the Trump era. — President Trump, the official said, is not playing …
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Power Line
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Projection: CNN's Stelter Accuses Conservative Media of ‘Obsession’ With Russia Probe — CNN anchor Brian Stelter said Sunday that he was disappointed in right-wing media's “obsession” with recent revelations about the Russia probe and its origins, calling it insignificant in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Twitchy
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
American Travelers Are About to Be Pariahs in This New World — SEAT'S TAKEN — As tourist-centric countries begin testing travel corridors and reciprocal quarantine regulations, American travelers might find themselves locked out of the post-pandemic world.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Loving Congressman Accidentally Pushes to Ban Trump Campaign Spending at Trump Properties — Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) tried to troll his colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). But he may have just ended up targeting the president as well. — A House Republican freshman and steadfast ally …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Sweden's coronavirus strategy is not what it seems — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — As societies battened down the hatches and imposed quarantines, one European country appeared to take a different approach. In Sweden, there have been no invasive lockdowns to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
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Washington Post:
Trump presses immunity argument in Summer Zervos defamation case — NEW YORK — Lawyers for President Trump this week reiterated their argument that a defamation lawsuit from a woman who alleges Trump groped and kissed her without consent should be halted because the president is immune …
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The Week
WDIV-TV:
Detroit lawmaker critical of Gov. Whitmer's nursing home executive order — Rep. Leslie Love critical of state's nursing home policy — DETROIT - A Detroit Democrat is opposing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order requiring seniors who test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) to be brought to “regional hubs.”
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
ProPublica Joins News Organizations in Suing for Small Business Program Loan Info — The Small Business Administration, which is administering the lending program, has said it will disclose the names of companies that got loans — just not yet. News organizations are suing to stop the delay.
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